NGos

Red Cross / Red Crescent The Canadian Red Cross mission is to improve the lives of
vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity in Canada and around the world. They
are dedicated to improve the situation of the most vulnerable throughout the world. People can
voluntarily demonstrate their caring for others in need. They have values such as human values,
respect and dignity, accountability, and safety
http://www.redcross.ca/about-us/about-the-canadian-red-cross
D
octors Without Borders We are Doctors Without Borders/Mdecins Sans Frontires (MSF).
We help people worldwide where the need is greatest, delivering emergency medical aid to
people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from health care.
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/about-us
G

reen Peace Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organization that acts to

change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace
by:
-Creating an energy revolution to address the number one threat facing our planet: climate
change.
-Protecting the world's ancient forests and the animals, plants and people that depend on them.
-Defending our oceans by challenging wasteful and destructive fishing, and creating a global
network of marine reserves.
-Campaigning for sustainable agriculture by rejecting genetically engineered organisms,
protecting biodiversity and encouraging socially responsible farming.
-Creating a toxic free future with safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals in today's products
and manufacturing. http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/About-us/

YWCA/YMCA The YMCA takes a holistic approach to community health that embodies all
aspects of physical, mental and social well-being. We engage with the community to provide
customized programs that support local needs while embracing diversity. The YMCA of Greater
Toronto is dedicated to making our communities home to the healthiest children, teens and
young adults. https://ymcagta.org/about-us

Citizens for Local Democracy (C4LD) is a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the

promotion of good governance, citizen participation and cooperation between local authorities
and civil society. Young- Youth Organisations Unified For New Generations: The aim of this
project is to strengthen the role of civil society in promoting democratic reform through the role
of the Youth Council of the City of Mostar. A new Youth Council (YC) has been registered and
consists of a network of local non-governmental, non-profit, apolitical youth NGOs that work with
the youth and for the youth


CAVEAT (Canadians Against Violence) CAVEAT is a grass-roots charitable organization
serving as a non-partisan voice for all Canadians, working together for safety, peace, and
justice. Our means of support is a community of Canadian shaken by senseless acts of
violence and injustice. Our membership consists of victims, the general public, and includes a
large youth contingent. The fact that over 80% of our members are not yet direct victims of
violent crime gives our work balance and perspective. It shows that Canadians are deeply
concerned about crime and public safety. http://www.caveat.org/
G
oodwill Industries Goodwill Industries, a non-profit social enterprise, provides work
opportunities, skills development and employee and family strengthening for those who face
barriers such as disability or social disadvantage; with the aim of advancing individuals, families
and communities toward self-sufficiency and prosperity. http://goodwillindustries.ca/about/
S

treet Kids International Street Kids International is a Canadian-based non-governmental

organization founded by Peter Dalglishand Frank ODea in 1988. The organization focuses on
providing street youth with the opportunity to lead safer and better lives through three main
programme avenues: street health, street work and street rights. In 2008, Street Kids
International expanded its operations to the United Kingdom with Street Kids International UK.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Kids_International
N
ational Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Our mission is to
ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to
eliminate race-based discrimination. http://www.naacp.org/

Oxfam Oxfam Canadas mission is to build lasting solutions to poverty and injustice with a
focus on improving the lives and promoting the rights of women and girls. Our vision is a just
world without poverty. We envision a world in which people influence the decisions which affect
their lives, enjoy their rights, and live as full citizens in a world where all human beings are
valued and treated equally. Our mission is to build lasting solutions to poverty and injustice, with
a focus on improving the lives and promoting the rights of women and girls.
https://www.oxfam.ca/about
International PEN PEN International promotes literature and freedom of expression and is
governed by the PEN Charter and the principles it embodies: unhampered transmission of
thought within each nation and between all nations.
http://www.pen-international.org/who-we-are/

Amnesty International (Video) Amnesty International is a global movement of over 7 million

people in more than 150 countries working together to protect and promote human rights. Our
vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all the human rights enshrined in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments. Our mission is
to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights and
to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated. We believe that we are at our
most powerful when we stand together for human rights. Each person, no matter who or where

they are, can make change happen by acting in concert with others who share their vision of a
world where everyone lives in dignity. https://www.amnesty.ca/about-us